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Hi, I cannot decide between the two. Mainly for home use myself. No plan to grant access to outside use. Also no plan to RAID as it is not 100% fail-proof. In this case, is there any good reason to pay more to get a NAS?
Or just don't use Windows. Simple solution.Oh yeah, then maybe a private VLAN.
Something I don't use but, could be useful for the paranoid. I find some of the cloud offerings scan the files and discard some of them based on signatures embedded in them. A way around this is to compress them in secured archives. Anything with sensitive info should be secured before uploading anyway. Relocation between sites is just a matter of scale and bandwidth. Setting up a NAS or similar device at a trusted persons location would provide the same off site security but, enhanced by you controlling both sides and not needing the additional archive security. The issue that srrises though can be data caps. Setting up rsync with a differential comparison cuts down on the data needs. I backup my os drive to my raid this way but internally in the same box.Backblaze
Windows Pro supports dynamic disks which can be configured in RAID 0 or 1.I guess it's also worth mentioning that macOS has RAID1/0/10 support built in, as opposed to Windows which afaict does not
Afaik, TrueNAS core is FreeBSD based, though there is a Linux based option called TrueNAS scale.Windows sucks for this kind of use with the constant updates and reboots. Not to mention using NTFS causes issues.
TrueNAS is a Linux based option. This will let you use something other than NTFS.
Afaik, TrueNAS core is FreeBSD based, though there is a Linux based option called TrueNAS scale.
OP, I don't think the NUC would make a very good file server, as I doubt there are many options for storage. Are there even any SATA ports?
Why do you want thunderbolt on a server / NAS? My understanding is that is more for desktop / laptop computers.I don't recall it has SATA ports. TrueNAS also has the problem that thunderbolt is not supported.
TrueNAS according to their page swapped to Linux from bsd. I could be wrong though.Afaik, TrueNAS core is FreeBSD based, though there is a Linux based option called TrueNAS scale.
OP, I don't think the NUC would make a very good file server, as I doubt there are many options for storage. Are there even any SATA ports?
I understand that Backblaze regularly verifies the data on your physical storage to make sure no one is abusing the unlimited storage feature. Suppose the physical storage suffers a failure and data is lost. How long will Backblaze keep the data on its servers before they delete it due to inability to verify with the physical storage?The reason I do this is Backblaze. By using macOS i can take advantage of Backblaze's unlimited personal desktop backup. This gives me a cloud backup of all my data for a flat rate.
I understand that Backblaze regularly verifies the data on your physical storage to make sure no one is abusing the unlimited storage feature. Suppose the physical storage suffers a failure and data is lost. How long will Backblaze keep the data on its servers before they delete it due to inability to verify with the physical storage?
Backblaze does not do this. All data is encrypted before it even leaves your system to be stored on their server. The default encryption key is based on your user account password i think but you also have the option to configure a different encryption key. Backblaze has no way to know the contents of any file on their serversSomething I don't use but, could be useful for the paranoid. I find some of the cloud offerings scan the files and discard some of them based on signatures embedded in them. A way around this is to compress them in secured archives. Anything with sensitive info should be secured before uploading anyway. Relocation between sites is just a matter of scale and bandwidth. Setting up a NAS or similar device at a trusted persons location would provide the same off site security but, enhanced by you controlling both sides and not needing the additional archive security. The issue that srrises though can be data caps. Setting up rsync with a differential comparison cuts down on the data needs. I backup my os drive to my raid this way but internally in the same box.
Windows Pro supports dynamic disks which can be configured in RAID 0 or 1.
IIRC some NUC models used to have two SATA on board, one meant for an internal 2.5" HDD and a second that was not really useable due to size and space constraints but some people modified their NUC housing to cut a hole in the lid to allow a SATA cable to the extra port. Kinda janky but seemed to work. However you can always just use USB attached storagesAfaik, TrueNAS core is FreeBSD based, though there is a Linux based option called TrueNAS scale.
OP, I don't think the NUC would make a very good file server, as I doubt there are many options for storage. Are there even any SATA ports?
No. Dynamic disks work in Disk Management. You right click a disk and choose to convert it from Basic to Dynamic. Then choose two dynamic disks to make them work in RAID 0 or 1. Limitation being that it won't be accessible in Windows Home Edition, I think.Is that the same as "Storage Spaces"? I used them for a while and gave up because they constantly corrupted my volumes and kept failing.
I don't remember but i think i used it in Enterprise Windows 10 with NTFS or something trying to replicate a RAID0 over two NVMe SSDs and yeah it was just constant failures and volume corruptions every other day until i gave upNo. Dynamic disks work in Disk Management. You right click a disk and choose to convert it from Basic to Dynamic. Then choose two dynamic disks to make them work in RAID 0 or 1. Limitation being that it won't be accessible in Windows Home Edition, I think.
Did you use Storage Spaces with ReFS?
Possibly early bugs that are probably ironed out by now. I tried ReFS when it was first released. The amazing thing I found about it was that you NEVER need to CHKDSK it. It really is a resilient filesystem. You run CHKDSK on it and it will tell you, NO NEED! If you use Storage Spaces RAID 1 with ReFS, you are protected against silent data corruption as ReFS will constantly verify if any bits are corrupted and correct them silently. Kinda like ZFS.I don't remember but i think i used it in Enterprise Windows 10 with NTFS
Worth a try. But the Linux RAID has to appear as a physical disk. You will need to put a VHD on the array and connect that VHD as a virtual disk in the VM, if you are using VirtualBox.Now, if I could trick them into thinking it's a Windows box w/ a VM and just attach the Raid Array to that for access $7/no might work.
Using vb just add it as an attached device and it looks local if you map it. I'd rather not have stuff on someone else's disks though in the first place. It's a work around though if someone were to want to do it.Worth a try. But the Linux RAID has to appear as a physical disk. You will need to put a VHD on the array and connect that VHD as a virtual disk in the VM, if you are using VirtualBox.
That's what I did. I took parts left over from an upgrade and built an 8 bay NAS running Xigmanas. The only thing I needed to buy was a 10 dollar video card.Any chance you have an old PC laying around? Use that for the NAS and there is no cost outside of the drives you need for storage. I've been using UnRAID for at least a decade now. The only cost was the license and the drives themselves, but there are other Free options as well.
Because samba/SMB is file system agnostic. File integrity is better when not using MSFT based optionsWhy NAS is compatible with all sorts of OS such as Windows, iOS, MacOS, Linux, etc that it can store files from all these OS?
Given that exFAT is compatible with also all these OS, if we only consider wide compatibility across different OS as the main purchase decision, is there an advantage in choosing a NAS rather than a usb-scsi drive dock with disks formated to exFAT?
Because the NAS OS doesn't give direct access of its filesystem to the other devices. Over the network, filesystem doesn't matter. What matters is the network protocol being used to share files and all the devices share that common protocol.Why NAS is compatible with all sorts of OS such as Windows, iOS, MacOS, Linux, etc that it can store files from all these OS?
Yeah true, I do remember NUCs with SATA. Either way, I would avoid using drives attached by USB.IIRC some NUC models used to have two SATA on board, one meant for an internal 2.5" HDD and a second that was not really useable due to size and space constraints but some people modified their NUC housing to cut a hole in the lid to allow a SATA cable to the extra port. Kinda janky but seemed to work. However you can always just use USB attached storages